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How to Create the Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit | Free Checklist | The Weducation Series

Yes, you really do need a Wedding Emergency Kit.

How do I know? Well, because I’ve personally been to over a hundred weddings and someone always forgets something. Always.

Actually, it’s happened enough that we now stock our own Wedding Emergency Kit, and replenish it as needed throughout the busy wedding season. We go through a “big supply buy” usually in the Spring, and I’ll tell you, we didn’t start with a list this massive – but now that we have it, we are glad we do. For us, it’s truly a Wedding Emergency Kit – but for most of our couples, these will be things you will need on your wedding day, no matter what – emergency or not.

We keep our kit in a giant black rubbermaid tote, and yes, it takes up a lot of room. But we use it at every wedding, and you’ll definitely use this Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit at your own wedding, too.

The link for the checklist download is at the bottom – and don’t forget to leave us a comment if you think we’ve forgotten anything!

The Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit Supply List

Airborne
baby powder
baby wipes
band-aid
batteries (AA, AAA)
blank thank you cards
bobby pins
boob tape
bride hanger
bug spray
candle
cell phone charger
cold medicine
comb
cough drops
crazy glue
curl spray
curling iron
dental floss
deodorant
double sided tape
dress pins
dry shampoo
electrical tape
extra wooden hangers
fabric tape
first aid kit
Fix Spray (MAC)
floral pins
floss
Flushable Wipes
frizz spray
Frogg Toggs
gauze tape
hair pins (for vintage curls)
hair spray
hammer
Hand heater pads
hand sanitizer
heavy duty pins for bustle
ibuprofen
kleenex
lash glue
lens wipes
lighter
lip gloss
lotion
makeup cleaning wipes
masking tape
matches
mints
mirror
nail clippers
nail file
nail polish
nail polish remover
no show nylon socks
notepad (small)
oil face sheets
packing tape
pens
petroleum jelly
post it notes
pretty hair clips
protein bars
push pins
razor
rubberbands
safety pins
scissors
scope mouthwash
scotch tape
sewing kit
sharpie
Shoe Horn
shoe shine
snacks (protein bars, peanut butter ritz, dried fruit, beef jerky)
static guard
straightener
straws
sunscreen
tampons
tide stick
toothbrush
toothpaste
toothpicks
Towel
tums
twine
tylenol
vaseline
velcro circles
visine
water bottles
wrinkle releaser
zipties

Download the Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit Checklist Printable Here

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If you want something a little different for your wedding photography you’re in the right place. GSquared Weddings a husband and wife Snohomish wedding photography team that specializes in weddings of all sizes all over Washington State, with a special heart for destination weddings.

We have an artistic, earthy style and fearless approach to wedding photography and are obsessed with love and creating visual love stories for the amazing and beautiful characters that hire us as their authors. We would love to get to know you and your love story.

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How long have you been a Snohomish Wedding Photographer?

Kate has been photographing since 1997 and Josh started in 2011. We started photographing weddings together then.

Josh and Kate of GSquared Weddings have photographed over 630 weddings together across more than 15 years — specifically in the Seattle and Snohomish County area. That’s not a flex for its own sake. It means that when your timeline runs 20 minutes late, when the clouds roll in over your outdoor ceremony, or when your reception venue is lit exclusively by Edison bulbs and bad overhead lighting, we’ve been there. Hundreds of times. And we know exactly what to do.

As a husband and wife team, we also bring something no two-photographer strangers can replicate — we communicate without words, we read a room together, and we move through your day as a unit. A Snohomish wedding photographer with genuine field experience doesn’t just take better photos — they protect your entire day experience. That’s what 630 weddings actually buys you.

How do I know GSquared Weddings is the right Snohomish wedding photography team for us?

Honestly? You’ll know pretty fast. If you read through our work and our words and thought these people get it — trust that instinct.

We’re built for couples who want their day to feel like themselves, not a performance. Couples who want a team that genuinely shows up — not just with cameras, but as timeline wranglers, veil fixers, chaos calm-ers, and two people who will absolutely tear up at your first look. We’ve spent 15 years and 630 weddings earning the trust of couples across Seattle and Snohomish County, and our approach has never changed: protect your vision, protect your experience, and keep your messy, beautiful, real love story safe.

If you’re looking for heavily staged, ultra-polished, everybody-stand-still photography — we’re probably not your people, and we’ll tell you that honestly. But if you want someone to be there for all of it, exactly as it happens? That’s exactly what we do.

What is your photography style, and will my Snohomish wedding photos look natural or overly edited?

At GSquared Weddings, our photography style is rooted in one core belief: real is always better than perfect. We shoot in a documentary-editorial style — meaning we’re capturing what’s actually happening, not directing a magazine spread. Candid tears, windblown hair, belly laughs mid-vow, the flower girl losing it in the corner — that’s what we’re after.

Our editing is clean, timeless, and true to life. We don’t chase trendy presets or heavy filters that will feel dated in five years. What you see in our galleries is what actually happened that day — the light, the color, the emotion — preserved honestly. Your Snohomish wedding photos will look like you, not like a template.

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